EBENEZER


Meaning of EBENEZER in English

ˌebə|nēzə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Hebrew ebhen hā-'ezer stone of help; from the application of this name by Samuel to the stone which he set up in commemoration of God's help to the Israelites in their victory over the Philistines at Mizpah (1 Sam 7:12)

1. usually capitalized : a commemoration of divine assistance

here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I'm come — Robert Robinson

2. dialect : anger , temper

he must have had a tempestical time of it for she had got her ebenezer up — T.C.Haliburton

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